Metaphor & Thought​​

• Behavioral Scientist: "Blow the whistle" or "stop the leaks"?

• Behavioral Scientist: Set to Solve: How emphasizing problem setting can solve problems in Washington

• Grist: War of words: Battle metaphors pit one group against another. Do they undermine our ability to take climate change?

• Science Magazine: Metaphoring The Police: It’s All About The Right Choice Of Word

• The Conversation: Communicating climate change: focus on the framing, not just the facts

• National Geographic: Is crime a virus or a beast? How metaphors shape our thoughts and decisions

• Stanford Report: Is crime a virus or a beast? When describing crime, Stanford study shows the word you pick can frame the debate on how to fight it

• Economist: Metaphors we do everything by?

• On the Media: Does metaphorical framing really work?

 

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How to talk about people disengaging from violent extremism.

Talk delivered at the United States Institute of Peace.

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Systems Thinking

• Washington Post: Scientists now know the psychology behind your worries about the environment

• Medium: Why systems thinkers are better for the planet

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Motivated Reasoning

• Vocativ: Trump's victory wasn't inevitable, even if it now feels like it was

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Word Aversion

• NY Times: We Know You Hate ‘Moist.’ What Other Words Repel You?

• Subtitle: Words we love to hate

• Behavioral Scientist: The "moist" conundrum

• Take Two: Does the word 'moist' make you cringe? Here's why.

• Forbes: The science behind why the word 'moist' bugs the heck out of you

• Gizmodo: Why do you hate the word moist? Science.

• IFLS: Why you hate the word "moist", according to science

• The Cut: We may never know why the word 'moist' is so terrible

• Oberlin College New & Information: Why 'moist' makes us cringe

• Scientific American: Probing the moist crevices of word aversion

• The Telegraph: This is why you probably hate the word 'moist', according to science

• The Today Show: Which is worse: moist or phlegm? New study reveals grossest words

• Vice: A language expert explains why you hate the word 'moist,' among others

• Vox: Why do so many people dislike the word 'moist'? This scientist has a theory.